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Otago Peninsula

Religion

In 2018, the largest single religion in Otago Peninsula was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 7.4% of the population or 63 people as adherents.

Otago Peninsula's religion statistics provide an indicator of cultural identity and ethnicity when observed in conjunction with other key variables. Religion data reveal the major concentrations of religions as well as revealing the proportion of people with no religious affiliation. There are a number of reasons for different religious compositions across areas including the country of birth and ethnic background of the population, the age of the population (belief in religion is generally stronger, the older the population) and changes in values and belief systems.

Otago Peninsula's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Ethnicity statistics, Maori Descent, Country of Birth data and Languages Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is your religion?'.

Multi-response

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Religion - Ranked by size
Otago Peninsula20182013Change
Religion - Multi-responseNumber% of the populationDunedin City %Number% of the populationDunedin City %2013 to 2018
Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed637.49.87810.014.5-15
Catholic424.98.8516.510.7-9
Anglican394.64.4577.37.1-18
Christian nfd333.94.8334.23.80
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

Religion - Totals
Otago Peninsula20182013Change
Religion - totals - multi-responseNumber% of the populationDunedin City %Number% of the populationDunedin City %2013 to 2018
Total Christian19823.232.925833.141.4-60
Total Maori Christian00.00.230.40.2-3
Total Non Christian273.25.0212.73.4+6
No religion54964.456.042354.245.9+126
Not stated / included789.26.511114.211.1-33
Total respondents77490.893.566985.888.9+105
Total responses852100.0100.5816104.6102.1+36
Total population852100.0100.0780100.0100.0+72
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Otago Peninsula in 2018 compared to Dunedin City shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 26.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 64.4% said they had no religion, compared with 38.1% and 56.0% respectively for Dunedin City.

The largest single religion in Otago Peninsula was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 7.4% of the population or 63 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Otago Peninsula and Dunedin City were:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Catholic (4.9% compared to 8.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (7.4% compared to 9.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Christian nfd (3.9% compared to 4.8%)

Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population

Emerging groups

There were no major differences in Otago Peninsula between 2013 and 2018.

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